Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

11 April 2011
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Clean and safe place to stay in a good location with free wifi and a kitchen.

Disliked: Booked the hostel for 2 nights, but the hostel lost my reservation for the 1st night. The staff at the front desk was very accommodating however in helping me find another place to stay. They ended up refunding my money for the 1st night and giving me a discount for the 2nd night. So overall, it worked out. No real social events though for guests to meet, and you have to bring your own lock to use the lockers.

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Customer review

Alone

Sightseeing & cultureVisiting friends or family

04 April 2011
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The place was very clean. The staff was extremely nice and helpful, and even helped me learn some Italian. Location was also great; a 5 minute walk from Piazza della Republica and within walking distance of Termini.

Disliked: A bit difficult to find the first time because the street it is on is not on a normal map. A bit quiet if you're trying to meet people.

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Maria Gonçalves

Alone

City breakSightseeing & culture

31 March 2011
Maria would recommend this property

Liked: Everything...mostly the friendship of the staff and the people that i met their!! I had a wonderfull time while i was in Rome

Disliked: nothing

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Magrietha M Myburg

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

31 March 2011
Magrietha M would recommend this property

Liked: The friendliness of the staff! And the cleanliness and emaculate condition on all the facilities!

Disliked: nothing

91.4%

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Jason Chin

Alone

City breakSightseeing & culture

28 March 2011
Jason would recommend this property

Liked: All facilities are modern, kitchen, common room and bathrooms.

Disliked: nothing

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Customer review

Alone

City breakSightseeing & culture

23 March 2011
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Everything! This was an exceptionally good place. It felt more like shared accommodation than a hostel. The rooms were clean, there was always hot water. the staff could not be friendlier and more helpful, the living area was perfect for a chat and relaxing, and I can go on and on about how great this place was. Location was fab! Did not use transport once!

Disliked: Personally I liked everything. I know some people had difficulties in finding the flat. What I would advise is look for Largo S Suzanna as opposed to Umbria, if on foot and coming from Termini direction, and once you enter the building the lifts are on your left just before the interior yard. You aim for 3rd floor and you are there.

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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & cultureSports, adventure or outdoor activities

19 March 2011
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great atmosphere, very fun

Disliked: nothing

94.3%

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Erik Vanhoof

As a family with children

City break

13 March 2011
Erik would recommend this property

Liked: Good location, clean hostel

Disliked: When you want to sleep at 11 in the evening, you should not visit this hostel. This place is rather quiet between 1 and 7 am. The walls are really thin,

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tung lin chiah

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

12 March 2011
tung lin would recommend this property

Liked: All furnishing is new

Disliked: No padlock provided for own locker

94.3%

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Sungtehk Lee

Alone

Backpacking / gap yearSightseeing & culture

05 March 2011
Sungtehk would recommend this property

Liked: The hostel was very clean, the staff was really friendly, great atmosphere, close to the metro station. I will definitely be staying here when I come back to Rome.

Disliked: Nothing.

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Customer review

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

25 February 2011
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The staff was really great and the place was extremely clean! If you're looking for one of those crazy huge hostels, this is not the place. It's more homey than that, but still easy to meet people. I really recommend this place.

Disliked: nothing

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Cassandra Dunbar

Liked: I loved this place! the staff was great, very nice and friendly. If you were unsure where to go they gave you directions that were very accurate. It was super close to everything, but also in a little quiet area. if you don't feel like going out then you can hang out. one night they did a pasta making class. If I ever go back to rome or know of anyone going to rome I will DEFINITELY recommend this hostel!
oh and one of the hostel staff members plays some pretty awesome tunes too!

Disliked: the shower was a little backed up so you had to be super fast or take breaks to let the water drain a it.

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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

22 February 2011
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Staff was really friendly, it was really clean, location was good

Disliked: Breakfast started a bit later and was the usual toast and cereal.

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Customer review

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

17 February 2011
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: staff,cleanliness, comfortable beds and nice rooms..

Disliked: actually nothing :)

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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

30 January 2011
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: It was bright and clean. The staff was really helpful and the hostel was much nicer than other hostels that I've stayed at.

Disliked: It was probably a function of my stay, but there were groups that didn't seem particularly willing to mingle and meet others.

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Danielle Gorman

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

30 January 2011
Danielle would recommend this property

Liked: La Controra was really clean, and the staff was incredibly friendly. They gave fantastic advice about where to go and what to do. The other guests were really interesting and fun. The blankets on the beds were really soft and really warm. I would highly recommend staying at La Controra.

Disliked: Towels cost 2 euro each, which is not ideal.

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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

28 January 2011
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: This hostel is great. It has great facilities like clean perfect showers with high pressure, large rooms with great security, nice kitchen etc
However it is the atmosphere which is best. This place is more like a university/college share house than a hostel. You cannot go wrong here. Easy to make friends in a place like this.
Its location is also brilliant, but central Rome is all very small.

Disliked: i could only get two of the tv stations to work, but im sure this is my fault!

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Darryl Ephraums

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

26 January 2011
Darryl would recommend this property

Liked: A very kind host and the other staff were helpful too. The place is very clean and has an air of respectability which is very pleasing if you fancy a little bit of peace. I would highly recommend this hostel. One of the best I have stayed in.

Disliked: There was not anything I disliked. The bathrooms were great, the beds were comfortable, the rooms were clean. Top place.

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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

24 January 2011
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: It´s realy friendly and clean, and feels spacious. Staff was very helpful.

Disliked: Nothing really, it was what I expected.

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Stefanie Senn

Alone

City break

24 January 2011
Stefanie would recommend this property

Liked: Really nice place to stay. Everything is clean and there are huge lockers for everyone. You've got a kitchen, bathroom, living room... feels like visiting a friend. Really friendly and helpfully staff. Well done!

Disliked: A bit hard to find the adress, but it worths it.

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Customer review

Liked: This hostel rooms and lounge are very stylish and well decorated which is nice compared to the typical plain boring hostel. Free wifi on the whole floor. The beds are comfortable and the bathroom is new and very clean!! A couple of the staff members and guests organized a night pub crawl throughout Rome that was really wild and fun. Everyone hangs out in the lounge and kitchen so it's easy to meet people hanging out on the bean bags.

Disliked: The staff somehow overbooked the room I reserved so on my second night they ended up moving me to a bed they set up in the corner of the back room with 4 other people. It was really cramped. There isn't a sign for the hostel so it's easy to miss the listing on the buzzer. And the elevator looks like a death trap- I was shocked that it didn't collapse from the weight of my backpack.

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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

06 January 2011
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Valerio and the girls at reception were very friendly and fun!

Disliked: They tried to overcharge us.

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Yizhi YIN

Alone

Events / festivalsSightseeing & culture

04 January 2011
Yizhi would recommend this property

Liked: Very good staff. Well cleaned room.

Disliked: nothing

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Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap yearShoppingSightseeing & culture

01 January 2011
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: It was very clean and well-kept. It had a nice bathroom as well.

Disliked: Nothing.

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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

28 December 2010
Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Pleasant atmosphere and nice people. It's centrally located and quite easy to get everywhere.

Disliked: It would have been nicer if the breakfast was available at little earlier (8:30 is sometimes a bit late start for the day).